Do you use AI tools in your business and workflows? Then the EU AI Act will likely affect you by August 2026 and onwards. Take the right steps to regulatory compliance and keep your data safe from all AI models.
EU AI Act
AI models and machine learning tools are evolving faster than we can keep tabs with them. However, the European Union is forging a path to do exactly that, and it’s the first government entity in the world to release a regulation on how businesses and organizations can safely use AI.
It’s called the AI Act, and it’s “a European regulation on artificial intelligence (AI)”, most recognizable by its four major risk classifications. It provides a framework that everything from small start-ups to giant corporations can use to “foster responsible artificial intelligence development and deployment in the EU”.
And with the AI Act’s two-year provisional period set to conclude on 2 August 2026, there’s no better time than the present to ensure your business is ready and compliant with all standards (but feel free to learn more about the AI Act first by reading our explainer article here).
AI Training & Machine Learning
One of the major concerns addressed by the EU AI Act is how businesses’ AI models and tools process, operate with, and train using potentially at-risk data. With little opposition in the way of data protection standards up until now, it’s been all too easy for organizations to implement the newest flashy AI model into their workflows and watch as it streamlines their daily processes.
But what some businesses don’t know (or simply turn a blind eye to) is that many AI models and machine learning tools use employee and customer data for training purposes, potentially even gathering and later selling that data to third parties. Oftentimes, the price of “free” software isn’t actually free at all.
So, what are you supposed to do if you still want to improve your business and make your employees’ lives easier with helpful AI tools, but not sacrifice your at-risk data in the process? Especially with the EU likely to issue its first fines for offenders from 2026 and beyond?
AI Data Protector
This is where the PII Tools AI Data Protector comes in handy. PII Tools is software that allows organizations to discover, analyze, and remediate sensitive data anywhere in their system and storages.
And with the rapid rise in AI models and machine learning tools being actively deployed by companies worldwide, it’s become imperative for those same companies to take necessary action to ensure the same models and tools meant to streamline and improve their workflows aren’t also allowed unregulatory access to corporate, employee, and user data.
The AI Data Protector helps to mitigate this risk and thus contributes to EU AI Act compliance by scanning and classifying sensitive information, allowing organizations worldwide to maintain regulatory obligations, avoid fines, and establish effective data security.
PII Tools users deploy the AI Data Protector to scan potentially at-risk information BEFORE it reaches their AI systems. In this way, they can still train their AI models and machine learning tools and enjoy all the same benefits, but now without the risk of sensitive data leaking to third parties or “getting into trouble” with the EU and its new AI Act.
Safe AI Deployment
Although it may sometimes feel like we’re living in the Wild Wild West of AI deployment in the workplace, it feels good to know regulation is quickly catching up, and the result will be safer data handling.
And that’s the kind of AI-assisted future we can all look forward to. At least, that’s the kind of future the PII Tools AI Data Protector is trying to help create!
Feel Confident about the EU AI Act BEFORE the Due Date with the AI Data Protector!
